Airborne contaminants, dirty toilet seats, mold, and mildew: Long before the coronavirus pandemic came around, the hygiene-focused among us knew public washrooms are grimy places. Warm air dryers ...

(CBS Local)-- A new study has found a dirty little secret about hand dryers found in many public restrooms. Researchers say the machines which are designed to blow hot air on you are actually sucking ...

An Action News Hidden Camera Investigation has found some hand dryers are harboring a dirty little secret. These state of the art gadgets are supposed to be eco-friendly, but it turns out, might ...

The assignment from Nichole Ward’s microbiology professor was simple: Choose a location, open a petri dish for three minutes and observe what grew over the next two days. No one’s sample came back ...

Those air-blown hand dryers in public restrooms may spread far more germs than conventional paper towels, a new study suggests. British researchers placed a harmless type of bacteria on the hands of ...

Remember when there were reports of a TikTok trend warning against using hand dryers in public restrooms on hair, and even your own hands? Well, one company is disputing those claims. Excel Dryer, who ...

They’re a standard feature in public bathrooms and an important part of the handwashing process. But a new video has exposed hand dryers’ filthy secret. TikTok account PhoneSoap uncovered the rather ...

Modern 'jet-air' hand dryers promise to dry the hands in seconds, shooting air out at 400mph to blow away moisture. But they could also be spreading bacteria around the room, according to new research ...

You may think that using a hand dryer in a public bathroom is a far more sustainable and hygienic method of drying your hands than using hand towels. On the contrary, a recent study has uncovered the ...

Washing your hands is one of the easiest ways to stop the spread of germs, right? Well, your office hand dryer might actually be spreading fecal bacteria onto your hands and throughout your building.